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Nrrso STATES PATENT lrmcn.

TWENTYMAN wooD, OFWESTPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF T JOHN1). WOOD, or SAME PLACE.

BAG-LOCK,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 294,299, dated February26, 1884.

Application filed June 28, 1883.

T0 at whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, TWENTYMAN WOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at West- 'port, in the county ofFairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFastenings for Satchels and Traveling-Bags; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable othmake and use the same, reference being-had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sideview of my improvedfastening upona closed bag. Fig. 2 is aview show- Fig. 3 is an end view,showing the fastening upon a closed bag.

My invention has relation to fastening devices for satchels andtraveling-bags, and has for its object the provision of a combined latchand lock which shall be of simple construction, capable of being cheaplymade, and which shall be more advantageous than the fastenings now inuse.

My invention broadly consists in constructing the lock-case with hingeson one side, and by then attaching it to the frame at one side of thesatchel-mouth, so that when the satchel is closed the case may be turnedover and made to embrace the corresponding frame on the other side,spring staples or hooks projecting through slots in the case and bentdown being employed as catches, and engaging with studs projecting fromthe bag-frame. These catches are attached to a sliding bar, and aremoved so as to release them from the studs by means of a thumb-piece orknob. A look of simple construction secures the bar and prevents thederangement of the catches when the satchel is locked. Another featureof novelty lies in the means of securing the handle-rings to thelock-case. To accommodate these rings the metal of the lock-case israised in the middle part and transversely slotted near the ends. Therings are dropped into these slots and held by metallickey-piecesconsisting of short strips or plates with lugs which are bent around therings. To remove the rings one of the lugs is simply straightened out,allowing the strip or 5 plate to be moved lengthwise of the lock-caseers skilled in the art to which it appertains to Model) and away fromthe ring. A springtongue attached to one of the frame-pieces of the bagguides the lock-case and the catches into place when the case is turnedover in fastening the bag. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a satchel ortraveling-bag provided with the usual flanged metallic stays or irons,'B B, at its mouth, the same being hinged tog'ether, as shown at a, andso constructed that 6o when the mouth is closed the flanged portion ofone overlaps th eflanged portion of the other.

To the side of the underlying stay or iron B are attached the studs b band the curved springtongue 0. The overlapping iron 'B carries 6 the1ock-case, which consists of a'sheet-metal box, D, bent into therequired shape, and made of a sufficient length to embrace aconsiderable part of the mouth of the bag, so as to dispense v with thecatches or clamps usually applied to bags having short locks. The case Dis hinged,

as shown, to the iron 13, and when swung over the closed mouth embracesboth irons between its side flanges, the ends of said case being cutaway to produce a recess in which the irons 7 are included.

E designates a bar lying within the case lengthwise, and at the backpartthereof and close against the top. This bar carries the staples orcatches E, which project horizon- 8o tally outward through slots 6 inthe front of and near the ends of the case, and are bent down outsideand notched and beveled at e e,

to form catches for engagement with the studs b b. The object of thebeveling is to cause the catches to engage automatically with the studswhen the case is pressed down over the mouth of the bag after the latteris closed. The catchbars E and the slots 6 are of the same width; butthe former are slotted at 6, so that they 0 will slide or movelengthwise of the lock. j is a knob or thumb-piece attached to a stemsecured to one of thebars E. The case is appropriately slotted for thepassage and movement of said stem. i 5

The curved metallic tongue 0 is attached to the iron B in such aposition that the lockcase, in being closed, will strike against theface-of such tongue and be by it guided or forced back against the ironB, and thus cause the catches to properly and surely engage with thestuds b b. The catches are disengaged from the studs by moving the knob.

G designates the lock mechanism, of the usual construction, engagingwith a stud, g, on, the bar E, to secure the same in place when thecatches are in engagement with the studs 2) b, and prevent the same frombeing moved. The spring for the catches is shown at H lying between thelock and a plate, h, extending laterally from the bar E.

Mare tongues or guides within the case, upon which the bar E slides, andby which it is supported.

K K designate the handle-rings, lying in slots k k in theconvexly-raised portion K of the lock-case, and k k are key-pieces whichpass through the rings, and are provided with malleable lugs m m, whichare bent inwardly to embrace the rings. By bending back one of such lugsthe plate may be slid away from the ring and the latter taken out.

The look as described I believe to be better in many respects than anyof the other satchellocks with which I am acquainted. The hingingfeature is specially advantageous, as the lock-case serves as a clamp toembrace and hold together the mouth-irons for nearly the whole length ofthe mouth, thus protecting the lock from overstraining and preventingthe mouth from spreading or widening at the sides, as generallyoccursinfull-packed bags. Again, the arrangement ofthe catches outsidethe lockcase is an improvement upon locks having the catching devicesinside the case, since they are easily accessible, and anydisarrangement or hitching of parts can be seen and readily remedied.

That I claim is- 1. The satchel lock and clasp case consisting of ametallic shell of rectangular form with end and side walls, the sidewalls being deeper or wider than the end walls, so as to embrace themouth-irons of the bag, and one of said side walls being provided withhinges or hinge-sections for attachment to one of the mouth-irons,substantially as set forth.

2. The hinged lock-case provided with the bar E and the notched andbeveled catches E, for engagement with the studs 12 b, in combinationwith the mouth-ir0ns B B of the bag, substantially as described.

3. The combination of the hinged lock-case D and'the spring-tongue Owiththe mouthirons B B, the studs 3) I), attached thereto and located oneither side of the tongue, and the beveled catches a c, forming partsof. the latch mechanism, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with the lock-case D, having slots near either endin one of itsside walls, of the spring-bar E, arranged within said caseand adapted to move lengthwise, the notched and beveled catches E,connected with said bar and projecting through the slots, themouth-irons B B, having the studs b 1), connecting with said catches,and the knob or thumb-piece j, connected to said bar E, substantially asdescribed.

5. In a lock for traveling-bagsand satchels, the combination, with theslotted lock-case D, of the detachable handlerings K, fitting the slotsk, and the key-pieces it is, constructed and arranged to embracethemetal of the rings and to hold the rings in place, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature presence of two witnesses.

T\VENTYMAN \VOOD.

Witnesses:

WM. EDGAR NASH, C. E. NASH.

